Jon Kelvey

Writer

Jon Kelvey is the Health and Human Services reporter for the Carroll County Times, joining the paper in 2014 after two years with sister publication, The Advocate of Carroll County. Prior to working with the Times, Jon spent 10 years in the California wine industry. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Cognitive Science.

Recent Articles

Friday was Tim Weber’s last day as drug prevention and treatment liaison with the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office, but it wasn’t a slow day. He was at drug court in the morning and, in the afternoon, helped finish shooting on “Heroin Still Kills,” a reboot of the late-1990s original viral...

Two ceremonies Tuesday in Carroll County will honor those who lost their lives in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the first in Westminster and the second in Mount Airy. At 9 a.m., the Carroll County Public Safety Training Center, at 50 Kate Wagner Road, Westminster, will host the second annual 9/11...

Garrett Eckard, of Westminster, had always wanted a bicycle, but at 15 years old, it just hadn’t worked out for him. Born with spina bifida, a condition where the spinal cord doesn’t form correctly, he’s unable to pedal a bicycle with his legs and must use a wheelchair. But on Thursday evening,...

Get your flu shot. Not too early, but also not too late. October, for Carroll County, is the vaccination sweet spot. That’s the message from the Carroll County Health Department for the 2018-2019 flu season, according to Deputy Health Officer Dr. Henry Taylor. Influenza season can be highly variable...

Is your Maryland driver’s license or identification card a REAL ID? This isn’t a question of fake versus real, or something that can be seen on the card itself, but whether you have provided the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration with copies of certain documents required by the REAL ID Act of...

A Mount Airy man has been charged with assault after allegedly choking and striking a woman Monday, police said. William Alfred Sallard, 33, of Mount Airy, was charged with one count each of intoxicated endangerment and second-degree assault, according to electronic court records. At 1:27 a.m....

Carroll Hospital will be holding a golf-themed fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 8, as part of the run up to its major annual Pink Fling fundraiser being held in October to support breast health. Saturday’s Swing Fore Pink event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at Island Green Family Fun Center, at 1199...

Rape Crisis Intervention Service of Carroll County announced Tuesday that tickets are on sale for the nonprofit’s 19th annual A Culinary Experience fundraiser. The event, to be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at Martin’s Westminster, will feature more than 20 area restaurants, bakeries and...